Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Alarms, Events, and Trends
The dialog in detail
Object Properties: Trend Control dialog
In addition to the elements that are common to all Object Properties dialogs, the Object Properties: Trend
Control dialog contains the following elements:
Area / Element Name
Border
Background
Points
Axes
Toolbar
Data Sources
Legend
Advanced
Type
Color
No Fill / Fill
Color
Description
Sets the type of border around the graph area of the trend control. (There are no borders around the trend
control's legend or toolbar.)
Sets the color of the border, if the border type is Solid. For more information, see Selecting colors and fill
effects.
Enables the background fill for the graph area of the trend control. (There are no backgrounds for the trend
control's legend or toolbar.) If the fill is not enabled, then the graph is transparent to whatever other screen
objects are behind the trend control.
Sets the color and fill effect of the background fill, if it is enabled. For more information, see Selecting colors
and fill effects.
Opens the, which allows configuration of the trend control's data points (or pens). For more information, see
Trend Control: Points dialog.
Allows configuration of the trend control's X and Y axes, as well as its horizontal or vertical orientation. For
more information, see Trend Control: Axes dialog.
Allows configuration of the user toolbar that is displayed above the trend control. For more information, see
Trend Control: Toolbar dialog.
Allows configuration of multiple data sources for the trend. For more information, see Trend Control: Data
Sources dialog.
Allows configuration of the legend that is displayed below the trend control. For more information, see Trend
Control: Legend dialog.
Allows configuration of the trend control's advanced properties, such as runtime options and tag triggers.
For more information, see Trend Control: Advanced dialog.
Although the Trend Control object supports flexible configurations to meet the specific needs of your project,
most of the settings are set by defaults based on the most common interfaces. Therefore, in many cases, you
will only configure data points (displayed during runtime), which can be done easily by clicking the Points
button from the Object Properties window.
POINTS DIALOG
The Points dialog is used to configure the data points for a Trend Control screen object. The value of each data
point is represented as a pen in the trend display. You can dynamically change which data points are visible
during runtime, regardless of how many data points are associated with the screen object.
Accessing the dialog
To access the Points dialog for a specific Trend Control screen object, first access the Object Properties dialog
for that screen object and then click Points.
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